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Artist: Master Of The Dresden Prayer Book

Date: 1480

Size: 17 x 19 cm

Museum: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, United States)

Technique: Parchment

The Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans, a compilation of stories about ancient customs and heroes written in the first century A.D. by Valerius Maximus, was widely used in the Middle Ages as a textbook for rhetoric. The museum